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Sailing on the Fear of Unknown Waters
Mysterious tales of sailors seeing monsters at sea,
describing the fear they had
when their and the beast’s eyes met,
warning those not to sail.
The dread I have, for the exploration I must do,
but the sight of them, I cannot endure.
The unknowingness of these beasts
freezes my blood and taunts my mind.
My men and I sail on our enormous vessel,
into unknown and mysterious waters.
Traveling further and further away
from our homeland.
A deep, livid-unknown we look into,
my men climbing the nets and scrubbing the floor shout,
“Monster!” as a snake’s neck and a horse-like head
emerge from the water and stare at us.
Our hearts stop, its black eyes wander from each of us,
turning our bodies to stone.
“Arm the cannons!” I shout, and my men break their fear
and load and aim the cannons.
“Aim, aim, FIRE!” I shout, as smoke explodes and the cannons fly,
the cannonballs streak for the monster,
but it dives into the abyss.
We miss.
I am brought a telescope--I look out into the calming waves,
a churning, and then a splash.
The monster plays on the surface of the abyss.
It looks back at us, and my blood freezes.
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